Vulnerabilites related to timothyja - Linux Promotional Plugin
CVE-2025-7668 (GCVE-0-2025-7668)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-16 03:38
Modified
2025-08-18 13:41
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
The Linux Promotional Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'inux-promotional-plugin.php' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Impacted products
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